Senior Designer Creative Director
Resume:
JOSHUA ROBERT HUPPER
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PROFILE
Founder and Creative Director with a demonstrated ability to build brands and lead design teams in the fashion industry and innovator in applied technology EXPERIENCE
SENIOR DESIGNER, FREE PEOPLE, PHILADELPHIA 2023-2024
- Initially offered a six-month consultancy which was extended to one year
- Began as Senior Designer in skirts, moved to jackets, and then finished with four capsules
- Styles from each post were well received and put into production
- Sent to New York to purchase fabric and notions after being awarded Senior Capsule
- Tasked with bringing a fresh design perspective and delivering on that task consistently ADJUNCT LECTURER, DONGHUA UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI 2021-2022
-Wrote an introduction to fashion illustration lecture and came to speak as needed
-Professional critique guest for the graduating class of 2021 FOUNDER, BABYGHOST, NEW YORK/SHANGHAI 2010-2022
- Built an authentic, niche NYC downtown label that captured audiences in the US + China
- Grew sales from 1 million RMB (2011) to 25 million RMB (2021)
- 35k Instagram followers and 700k Weibo, WeChat, & Little Red book followers of babyghost_nyc
- 400k customer following generated from early adoption of Taobao and TMall sales platforms
- Among the first fashion brands to produce and market NFTs of branded apparel
- Among first fashion companies to use Blockchain-embedded NFT chips to authenticate garments
- Among few niche brands included in Vogue Runway/WWD reviews for NYFW shows (2014-20)
- Opened offline sales in US with VFiles (2014-2015) & China through BNC (2013-2015), Labelhood (2014-2016), & YOHO (2016-2018)
FEATURED DESIGNER, AMAZON PRIME SERIES ‘MAKING THE CUT’ JUNE 2019
-Filmed between New York and Paris
-Four episodes with an incredible story arc
SENIOR DESIGNER, NATHAN JENDEN, NEW YORK/LONDON 2009-2010 SENIOR DESIGNER, THAKOON, NEW YORK 2008-2009
Collaborated w/ Nathan and Thakoon to develop, realize and present seasonal WRTW collections.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ALPHAMICRON, OHIO/NEW YORK 2004-2007 Alphamicron is a global leader in liquid crystal-based light reactive technology, founded to conduct R & D for the Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force fighter pilots.
- Developed a new electronically controllable guest-host liquid crystal system.
- Co-authored US Patent 10/554070 adapting liquid crystals for anti-piracy and luxury fashion applications
- Developed original brand and product sales in luxury jewelry
- WWD (Hupper’s Science Project, Vanessa Lau, WWD, September,12, 2006) INTERN, DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, NEW YORK 2003
SKILLS
- Thinking far from the box and long down the field
- Observant of vacuums and exploring what I imagine might solve them
- Successfully Implementing the necessary measures to achieve those visions
- Bringing new products to life through drawing, fit and styling
- Inspiring design teams and factories to bring seasonal collections from concept to market
- Setting the art direction of fashion shoots, shows and static presentations
- Plotting digital campaigns and social media outreach EDUCATION
Kent State University — BA Fashion Design, 2004
REFERENCES
Diane Von Furstenberg, Betsy Pearce, Maria Tomei Borromeo, CEO, THAKOON. Ju Xiao Wen, supermodel/muse. Dr. Bahman Taheri, CEO, AlphaMicron, Miyako Nakamura, Co-founder M.M. LaFleur, Anthony Cucculelli, Co-Founder, Cucculelli Shaheen, Gemma Williams, Author of
‘Fashion China’ Thames Hudson, 2015, Ana Hartl, Creative Director, Free People
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